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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 2009
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NEWS ABOUT: Flickr

Flickr stories: 25 news summaries

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Video Caught in Copyright Claim

Silicon Valley parody video taken down after photog complains

(Newser) - A parody video about the return of an Internet bubble by Bay Area group Richter Scales has been taken down from YouTube for copyright reasons, after a photographer complained about one of her images being used, Wired reports. The group claimed that it since it was satire, it was fair... More »

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Flickr Launches Search Map of World Photos

New service groups
pix by location

(Newser) - Beginning today, a new mapping feature will make it easier to view photos stored on Flickr by location. "Places," a new geographical sorting service on the massive photo-share website, pinpoints photo contributions to one of 100,000 locations on a global map, Reuters reports. The map also shows... More »

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Post-Yahoo Photo Solutions

The WSJ examines the competition

(Newser) - Yahoo is shuttering its popular photo sharing site in September, but never fear—there are plenty of alternative places to dock your digital pics. The Journal surveys the field:
  • Kodak Gallery is the easiest to navigate, but lacks editing tools and requires a yearly purchase commitment.
  • Shutterfly is
... More »

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'Picnik' Lets Photographers Edit Anywhere

Review: Web-based photo editor 'elegant' says Mossberg

(Newser) - Extolling the new crop of slick, easy-to-use Web-based applications, the Wall Street Journal's Walter Mossberg singles out  "Picnik"—a new free alternative to traditional desktop editing programs. Picnik lets photogs on the go add simple edits like cropping, resizing, and color correction without installing anything. More »

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Internet Users Slam Chinese Censorship

As top sites are banned, web surfers
rail against 'Great Firewall'

(Newser) - Frustration with government curbs on the Internet is growing among China's 140M web users. Wikipedia has been banned, and the censors recently shuttered photo-sharing web site Flickr, after a user uploaded a picture of the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre. Tens of thousands of human monitors and an elaborate filter system... More »

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